JLPT N1 • KANJI

correction (of writing)

Practice Question

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English Explanation

てんさく combines the on'yomi 添 (てん) meaning "add" and 削 (さく) meaning "shave/delete." てんしゃく and てんさ misread 削, while ちょうさく misreads 添. It describes the process of correcting a piece of writing by adding (添) improvements and deleting (削) errors, commonly done for essays or manuscripts.

日本語解説

てんさくは、添(てん)と削(さく)の音読みです。「てんしゃく」や「てんさ」は削の読み間違い、「ちょうさく」は添の誤読です。文章や作品に手を加えて、不適切な部分を削り、良い点を付け加える修正作業を指します。

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